A California man has been convicted of assault and battery for sexual purposes after prosecutors claimed that he became obsessed with a female co-worker and planted his semen in her water bottle and food jar and smeared the substance on her computer. Orange County Superior Court Judge Kathleen Roberts ruled on Monday that 30-year-old Palmdale, California, resident Stevens Millancastro was guilty of numerous counts of misdemeanor assault and battery toward a coworker, the Orange County Register reported. Roberts also concluded that Millancastro committed said crimes for sexual purposes and must now register as a sex offender. Michael Morrison, Millancastro’s attorney, reportedly […]
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Manchester United skipper Harry Maguire has filed an appeal against his conviction for assault and bribery in Greece, meaning the football star’s record will be quashed before a retrial takes place. Maguire was found guilty of aggravated assault, resisting arrest and attempted bribery by a Greek court on Tuesday after the England defender was detained in the holiday resort of Mykonos. READ MORE: An Englishman abroad: Manchester United captain Harry Maguire arrested for ‘attacking police’ on Greek island But Manchester United announced on Wednesday that an appeal against the verdict had been accepted. “An appeal against yesterday’s verdict was lodged this […]
Trash-talking QAnon conspiracy theorist Tommy Gelati has a long list of celebrities he thinks belong in prison—or who might secretly be there already. Using a verified Twitter account with more than 230,000 followers and a hugely popular podcast, Gelati, who goes by the alias “Tommy G” online, has whipped up QAnon conspiracy theory mobs against celebrities like Chrissy Teigen and companies like online furniture store Wayfair. He promises that prominent figures in the Democratic Party and Hollywood will soon be arrested in a wave of that mass detention QAnon believers call “The Storm.” He’s claimed that top celebrities torture children for […]
According to the White House, Stone, a former advisor to President Trump, is a victim of the Russia investigation and efforts by the Democrats to undermine the Trump presidency. Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller has spoken in defence of Roger Stone’s conviction, saying that he “remains a convicted felon”. “Stone was prosecuted and convicted because he committed federal crimes. He remains a convicted felon, and rightly so”, Mueller said in an op-ed published in The Washington Post on Saturday. Mueller went on to defend the Russia investigation conducted during his tenure in the office, saying that it was “of paramount importance” and he […]
The same day that Attorney General William Barr insisted there is “no pattern” of him working to advance the personal interests of President Donald Trump, several sources cited by The New York Times said one of his first moves after being sworn into office in early 2019 was trying to find ways to undermine the conviction of longtime Trump fixer Michael Cohen. Barr had reportedly repeatedly questioned prosecutors over the charges against Cohen, who pleaded guilty in August 2018 to financial crimes that included hush-money payments to women who alleged they had affairs with Trump. He went so far as to […]
The United States has called for the “immediate release” of Paul Whelan, who was jailed today for 16 years for espionage. The 50-year-old citizen of the UK, US, Ireland, and Canada has been in Russian custody since December 2018. A statement published by the US Embassy in Moscow, and signed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, said the US is “outraged by the decision,” citing the secretive nature of the hearing, “with secret evidence, and without appropriate allowances for defense witnesses.” According to Pompeo, the US believes Whelan was deprived of a fair trial. Outraged by the decision today to convict […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107941/23/1079412306_0:228:3143:1996_1200x675_80_0_0_3b52b5d10cca82ae58261ca7af59b7ca.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006151079619717-pompeo-says-us-demands-immediate-release-of-paul-whelan-after-conviction-in-russia/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States demands that Russia immediately frees US citizen Paul Whelan, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Monday after the Moscow City Court earlier in the day sentenced him to 16 years in a high-security prison on espionage charges. “The United States is outraged by the decision of a Russian court today to convict US citizen Paul Whelan after a secret trial, with secret evidence, and without appropriate allowances for defense witnesses,” the statement said. “We demand Paul Whelan’s immediate release.” Earlier in the day, […]
The former CEO of Mt. Gox – the bitcoin exchange at the center of one of the most notorious hacks in crypto – has had his conviction upheld by Japan’s high court. On Thursday, Tokyo’s the court threw out an appeal from Mark Karpeles, who had been found guilty last year for manipulating electronic data, upholding the original conviction and sentence of two and a half years in prison, suspended for four years. Karpeles was originally arrested in August 2015, roughly 18 months after an unknown hacker made off with more than 850,000 bitcoins from Mt. Gox. At the time the […]